Updated April 23
MaineHealth to open walk-in clinics, streamline scheduling as J&J vaccine OK’d for use
With vaccine supplies more plentiful, the state s largest health care network has reduced its waitlist and is providing easier online scheduling for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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MaineHealth is changing its COVID-19 vaccination scheduling system to make it easier for patients to set up appointments, and will allow walk-in vaccinations at some locations.
State vaccination clinics likely will also soon see the return of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine to Maine after two federal agencies approved ending a halt on its use instituted following reports of blood clots in a small number of women who received it.
MaineHealth to open walk-in clinics, streamline scheduling as J&J vaccine OK d for use
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MaineHealth to offer walk-in COVID-19 vaccine appointments
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MaineHealth announces new vaccine scheduling options, including walk-ins Gabrielle Mannino © Provided by WCSH-TV Portland, ME
Maine’s largest health system will soon offer walk-in COVID-19 appointments at select locations. MaineHealth made the announcement Friday in a release, also announcing a new on-demand scheduling option, which is now live.
MaineHealth’s chief medical officer, Joan Boomsma, said “It is vital to keep our momentum going,” and these new options will help keep that momentum up of vaccinating Maine communities against COVID-19 as cases among younger people are on the rise.
“When you see a 30-year-old battling for their life on a ventilator, it’s a reminder of how serious a disease COVID-19 really is,” Boomsma said. She added that, in addition to getting vaccinated as soon as possible, people should continue to practice social distancing, wear a mask, and practice good hand hygiene. “This is not the time to be letting up,” she
Updated April 23
MaineHealth to open walk-in clinics, streamline scheduling as J&J vaccine OK’d for use
With vaccine supplies more plentiful, the state s largest health care network has reduced its waitlist and is providing easier online scheduling for a COVID-19 vaccination.
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MaineHealth is changing its COVID-19 vaccination scheduling system to make it easier for patients to set up appointments, and will allow walk-in vaccinations at some locations.
State vaccination clinics likely will also soon see the return of Johnson & Johnson’s one-shot vaccine to Maine after two federal agencies approved ending a halt on its use instituted following reports of blood clots in a small number of women who received it.